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Showing posts with label The Guardian UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Guardian UK. Show all posts

Saturday, November 05, 2022

A Tianqiuping-style Porcelain

An ordinary Chinese vase put for auction in France and valued at 2000 Euro has been sold for almost 8 million Euro after a ferocious bidding war among Chinese buyers convinced it was a rare 18th century artefact. Take a look.


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Saturday, October 08, 2022

The Williamson Pink Star

The 11.5 carat Williamson Pink Star has been sold for US$57.7 million at an October 5, 2022, auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong, making it the second most valuable diamond ever sold at an auction.


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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Monday, August 09, 2021

Rice Baby Bags

Made in Japan. The amount of rice in the bag is matched to the newborn's birth weight and the price increases in parallel with the size of the baby. Hats off to Naruo Ono, the owner of Kome no Zoto Yoshimiya rice shop who came up with the brilliant idea. I loved it.


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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Cryptocurrency Confidential

Sirin Kale's story on cryptocurrencies was spot on. Must read. The influencer culture is partly responsible for the nearly impossible. I think it would take 500 years or more for the median household to save enough disposable income to reach the average wealth of the richest 1% of the population. 


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Thursday, April 29, 2021